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1. 缓期执行：美国学者认为,所谓死刑的赦免(clemency)包括三个方面的内容:缓期执行(reprieve)、减刑(commutation)、完全赦免(pardon),或者是三者的结合. 在美国,死刑赦免是刑事司法制度之外的行政制度,死刑赦免权由行政长官掌握,
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2. 暂缓：frivolous 无关紧要的 | reprieve 暂缓 | repellent 令人厌恶的
3. 减轻：retrieve 挽回 | reprieve 减轻 | appellant 上诉人
1. 对…缓期执行，撤销…的刑罚
If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
e.g. Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。
2. (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓，延缓
A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
e.g. It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
这所大学看起来要关闭了，但这周情况暂时有所缓解。
noun
1. the act of reprieving
postponing or remitting punishment
Synonym: respite
2. a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
3. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Synonym: suspensionrespitehiatusabatement
4. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Synonym: respite
verb
1. relieve temporarily
2. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Synonym: respite